... MR. GLADSTONE ¶N THE PRESS. As president at the annual diner of thi7 Newspaper Press Fund, on Saturday, Mr. 0ladstone delivered a lengthy addrees, in which he made the following observa- tions upon the press as sn institution:- The Interests of the public at large are esassentially bound up with those of the press. [Hear, hear,] We hare livednto times when the newspaper Is a great social, ...

... | [BY ELECTRIC TLxosxRAFU.] HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordshlpa met at five o'clck. THE EMPEFOR MAXIMILIAN. Lord STrATronD DrE BEDOLIFFE asked if the Govern- mint had received any official account of the death of the Emperor Maximilian, and whether they intended to move the Heuso to take, any notice of the event, or to condole with her Majesty on aolrocumstance which must bea source of great ...

... I PRIMITIVE MIETHODIST CAMP MEET19C. I The Primitive Methodiets of Birmingham hold their annual circuit camp meeting yosterday afternoon, on Brookfields, As early ars eight o'clock, the different socleties were gathering at their different rrnciizaous throughout the town, and as the procession sot out tingleg hymns, attracted oonsiderable notice. The following were the arrangements carried out ...

... The file of American papers, containing the text of President Johnson's message, came In on Saturday. The telegram by the Atlantic cable and that from Queenstown which we published on Saturday morning, render it ua- necessary for us to give the whole message. Bub, In the case of the two following passages, the President's exact language is interesting:- Ol'ESISTAtCE: TO UNCONSTITUT'rIONAL ...

... IF 0, Vr it 3 NOTICES TO OuIIRE PONDENTS. AlU kl n intend t for puboitson mtat DC 46mpanfed 1?i st fatns and address of the riter, moog weesslY ffor pstfliou, but for itsformpat of As Fiitor' IF. B. -To the General Hospital. :,J. ?? ; more than one-third majority. T. H.-Wc don't think the quesetion worth farther din- . ousion; at present, at all events. W. I N. may see the speech on ...

... BiBnSTOL, Monday Evening. Although yeaterday waa tthe socond Sunday in the Confersncs srEeioesr, yet a geant number of stracngers flocked into the city from adjoinilng circuitu to attend the roligiors servizes. Tile chapols were well flled, and in some cae 3S crowded, except at the early morning services. This morning, after a portion of timo har boon spont in devotional exercises, the minutes ...

... A. VISIT TO MOUNT ST. BERNARD. The London correspondent of the L'crjioofl ltji, who has been spending a holiday in Switzerland, thu a describes his visit to the famous hospici :-t WMS one comprising a numerous company of wayfarers as. sembled there at the close of last week. All were delighted with the reception accorded to therm, and all expressed an opinion, in which for myself I I warmly ...

... i MNSTER FETES AT WOLVERHAMPTON, - . 1 X- T - TTTIfI~TOMThl APPLICATION FOR AN INJUNCTION, The case of ,Walker a. Brewster, wo-o argued on Thursday, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court. On behalf of Mr. Walker, the plaintiff, Mr. Drace, Q.C. and Mr. Fry, moved for an injunctio0 to restraln the holding of three monster etese, advertised tot the fh, Dth, and 10thfnetant, at Molineax ...

... At almost every half-yearly meeting of railway pro. prietors, says the Times city editor, questions are raised with regard to the law of compensation for accidents, Th3 Items under this head are often sufficlently formidable to upset thu calculations ?? to a dividend, and directors, mlanagers, and shareholders Complain of its incidencO. Malrnv specious statements are made, but they never ...

... NEWVS OF TUE DAY. It, is stated that ytarori YeN Bi:r-s, the Austrian Alristei, will pay a visit to England at tiro close of the oresent 1n1011til. it is stated, oe seemingly good autbority, that the Special (tourimission for the trial of the Manchester I'eniass %-ill bo opened onl the 'bh of n-xt month, fbrfore tivo Of her MlMjesty's piuisne Judges, 'Iwot Ithe la:s itujuttd bv the frightful ...

... NEWS OF THE DAY, A violent storm raged in the Channel o lna night-so violent that the captain Of thoe Calai, cal~ Dover mail boat declined to put to sea, Several wrocl4 have been reported along the South coast, but a no details have come in. The wind also blew a gali the North Sea, and a good deal of damage was done t, shipping along the North-Eastern coast, 'The rumours current as to which of ...

... The history of our town has never yet had the attention or i lustration it deserves, nd the Scanty materilstln which time has left us hvef never been Adeqeuately useil, Nearly nintty YCarU ago Williiam Hutton prod nood his gossipy, genil, and, graphic History of B mirminghama, whine deserves high ppaise, so far no the contemporary details are concerned, As a historian, however, Hutton was ...